The Norwegian Spirit awaits!

We had such a great time on our cruise this past February (I’m sure you remember all my posts about that), we’re going to do it again – same ship, same cruise, same ports of call! We’ll drive to New Orleans to arrive in time to board the ship January 22nd. The ship will sail at 5:00 PM, heading for warmer climes (I’ve included a graphic that shows our itinerary).

We didn’t sign up for a lot of ‘shore excursions’ this time – we’re mostly planning to enjoy the journey itself with possibly some time spent wandering around the tourist areas nearest the docking point.

As you may note on the itinerary, one of our ports-of-call will be Roatan, Honduras. Kate has done some research and gathered some information about an orphanage we had heard about on Roatan and we’ll be visiting that facility while we’re there. We’ll be making some modest donations of clothing and food to try to help out in a small way. We’ll get a tour and get to meet the children during our visit – should be quite rewarding. There are State Department traveler advisories about Roatan that tell us not to go off on our own there – robberies not uncommon. We’ll be escorted during our time there so we shouldn’t have any difficulties. If I post my obituary here in February you’ll know things didn’t go well 🙂

And, as usual, we’ve notified our nearby neighbors to watch the place, just lettin’ you burglars know to stay away!

So, if you’re desperate to have some more ‘Jim n Kate’ time and want to escape winter’s grip, come join us in New Orleans – we’ll be lookin’ for ya!!